DU we have any protesters in Jena today?

[me b zola]

I would love to be there, but can't.

It's good to see the Black community, and others that support civil rights, mobilize and march. I can't help but feel as though KatrinaBush was a contributing factor in motivating people to act.

[emlev]

1. Thank you for asking that question.

Guess we can still hope that DUers were there and haven't gotten to a computer yet to respond, or haven't seen your thread.

But in my experience, it's much easier to get DUers to "take action" at home on their computers than to get out and do anything. Especially when people of color are at the center.

See this thread

I'm sad to say I was unable to get there myself, but when I do go out to protests organized by communities of color in my area, there are very few other white people there in support.

Thank you for posting. We have much work to do!

[Jeffersons Ghost]

2. thanks for the great OP and...

There may soon be a more important reason for caring people to be in that part of the country...

Gulf Coast under tropical storm warning
http://www.cnn.com/2007/US/weather/09/21/tropical.weather/

CNN) -- The National Hurricane Center issued a tropical storm warning Friday for a long stretch of the Gulf Coast.

A subtropical depression dumps heavy rain along the Gulf Coast in a NOAA satellite image.

The warning area reaches from Apalachicola, Florida, to the mouth of the Mississippi River, including New Orleans, Louisiana.

The warning means that tropical storm conditions are expected within 24 hours.

The warning was prompted by the development of a subtropical depression in the Gulf of Mexico.

Maximum sustained winds from the depression were clocked at 35 mph (55 kph), and forecasters expected the system to strengthen by Saturday.

Around 11 a.m. ET, the depression's poorly defined center was about 45 miles (75 kilometers) southwest of Apalachicola and 185 miles (300 kilometers) southeast of Mobile, Alabama. It was moving northwest at 8 mph (13 kph), the hurricane center said.

The system could generate tornadoes in southwestern Georgia, the Florida Panhandle and southeastern Alabama through Friday night, the center said.

I hope it's like last year but I suspect a busy hurricane season is ahead of us.